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News about Simplelists including new features and general company information, as well as wider news regarding emails lists and group email.

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Simplelists is delighted to announce that its CEO Andy Beverley was featured this week on Website Planet. During his interview Andy talked about the history of Simplelists and explained why customers love the simplicity, reliability and security that Simplelists provides for group email list hosting.

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Simplelists is excited to announce a new brand and an updated website. This refreshes the look and feel of Simplelists and provides enhancements to the navigation of the product. View the video or read on for more information.

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The UK’s email marketing compliance landscape has undergone its most significant transformation since Brexit. The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 closes a long-standing enforcement gap by aligning PECR fines with UK GDPR penalties – meaning organisations now face potential fines of £17.5 million or 4% of global turnover for non-compliant email marketing, whichever is greater.

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We are very happy to let you know that Simplelists have acquired DiscussThis, another group email service.

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We wrote recently about the problems created by Yahoo’s decision to prevent their emails being forwarded through mailing lists with an unaltered sending address.

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At Simplelists we’ve long been conscious of the problems caused by forged email addresses. You will no doubt have seen such emails yourself, such as your banking supposedly informing you that your account has been suspended.

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We’ve added a search function to the archives pages - it enables you to find old emails by searching with keywords. Previously you could browse emails by date or by thread - these browsing functions are still available alongside the new search function. Read on to hear about the special features...